Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of West Babylon was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1901 on, and the census since 2000.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of West Babylon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of West Babylon.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of West Babylon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
West Babylon is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Babylon had a population of 43,213.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 43,213 in 2010, 43,213 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archivePart of Babylon
In the archiveNew Montifiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, New York. LOC gsc.5a25991
Born hereKevin Russo is born here
Born hereJovan Belcher is born here
Born hereDevonte Green is born here2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on West Babylon’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 43,213 and 43,452 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on West Babylon’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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